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#1 for Country Music | St. George, UTFri, 18 May 2018 22:39:35 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5Jason Derulo Has the Country Music ‘Bug’https://999konycountry.com/2017/08/02/jason-derulo-has-the-country-music-bug/
Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:27:28 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17313 JASON DERULO says his crossover hit with LUKE BRYAN wasn’t a one-time thing. He loves county and has “the bug” . . . and he’s working on a bigger project with another country artist right now. JASON DERULO won a CMT Music Award this year for “Want to Want...

]]>Sam Hunt’s “Body Like A Back Road” Has Set a “Billboard” Recordhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/08/01/sam-hunts-body-like-a-back-road-has-set-a-billboard-record/
Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:52:53 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17310SAM HUNT’s song“Body Like A Back Road” has broken the record for the most weeks at Number One on “Billboard’s” Hot Country Songs chart. It passed FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE’s “Cruise”, which spent 24 weeks at the top back in 2013. SAM HUNT’s“Body Like A Back Road” cannot be stopped. It just broke...

]]>SAM HUNT’s song“Body Like A Back Road” has broken the record for the most weeks at Number One on “Billboard’s” Hot Country Songs chart. It passed FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE’s“Cruise”, which spent 24 weeks at the top back in 2013.

SAM HUNT’s“Body Like A Back Road” cannot be stopped. It just broke the record for the most weeks at Number One in the history of “Billboard’s” Hot Country Songs chart.

It’s been at the top for 25 weeks, passing Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise”, which spent 24 weeks at #1 back in 2013. What’s amazing is that Sam almost didn’t release it because he was afraid people might think the lyrics objectified women.

Quote, “I had some concerns, but I tried to make it fun to offset any risks of those things happening, and I think that came across in the lyric and in the way we recorded it.

“When we finally finished it, it hit me as ‘Okay, wait a minute. Maybe I underestimated the potential of this song. I think this could be a fun song and it will connect with folks.'”

Mission accomplished, right? The song has clearly connected with enough people to set an all-time record.

]]>Frankie Ballard Left a $100 Tip on a $22 Orderhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/31/frankie-ballard-left-a-100-tip-on-a-22-order/
Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:56:43 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17303FRANKIE BALLARD left a waitress a $100 tip on a $22.37 order at a pizza restaurant in his hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan. FRANKIE BALLARD paid it forward to a waitress in his hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan last week. Her name is Kourtney Kipp and...

]]>FRANKIE BALLARD left a waitress a $100 tip on a $22.37 order at a pizza restaurant in his hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan.

FRANKIE BALLARD paid it forward to a waitress in his hometown of Battle Creek, Michigan last week. Her name is Kourtney Kipp and she works at a place called Mancino’s Pizza and Grinders. He left a $100 tip on a $22.37 order.

She posted a photo of the receipt onfacebook, and her comments made it sound like she didn’t even have to wait on him.

Here’s what she wrote, “So tonight this guy casually walked in to pick up his order as I gawked from a distance asking myself if I’m really looking at who I think I’m looking at.

“He paid for his food and left this very generous tip. This guy is Frankie Ballard. The littlest things can turn somebody’s day around. The crew truly appreciated your appearance tonight, even if some of us were a little too star struck to say so.”

]]>Looks like Amy isn’t the only one who was the exception to Luke’s ‘No Butt Grab Policy’https://999konycountry.com/2017/07/27/luke-bryan-breaks-no-butt-touching-rule-for-88-year-old-hospice-patient-and-our-very-own-amy-chesley/
Thu, 27 Jul 2017 17:56:50 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17297An 88-year-old Missouri hospice patient recently got country superstar Luke Bryan to break a very specific rule of his — no butt-grabbing. Frances Stanaway met her country crush on Friday before he headlined a show at Kansas City’s Sprint Center, and said the experience was “heaven.” Frances...

]]>Garth Brooks Promised to Send a Couples’ Daughter to Collegehttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/26/garth-brooks-promised-to-send-a-couples-daughter-to-college/
Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:08:03 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17294It pays to go to a GARTH BROOKS concert. You may remember that he recently gave an engaged couple a free honeymoon in Hawaii. Well, he just did something similar, but this time he’ll be digging a little deeper into the wallet. He helped a couple...

]]>It pays to go to a GARTH BROOKS concert. You may remember that he recently gave an engaged couple a free honeymoon in Hawaii. Well, he just did something similar, but this time he’ll be digging a little deeper into the wallet.

He helped a couple with a gender reveal at his show in L.A.

Turns out they’re having a girl, and they promised to name her Brooks.

That did the trick because he offered to pay for her college education . . . if he’s still alive by then.

]]>Would You Bid on a Dinner with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio?https://999konycountry.com/2017/07/25/would-you-bid-on-a-dinner-with-kate-winslet-and-leonardo-dicaprio/
Tue, 25 Jul 2017 16:42:48 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17289is is easily the Holy Grail for “Titanic” fans: The LEONARDO DICAPRIO Foundation is holding its annual charity auction tomorrow in France, and one of the items up for bids is a private dinner with Leo and KATE WINSLET. Obviously, you have to be somebody just to get...

]]>is is easily the Holy Grail for “Titanic” fans: The LEONARDO DICAPRIO Foundation is holding its annual charity auction tomorrow in France, and one of the items up for bids is a private dinner with Leo and KATE WINSLET.

Obviously, you have to be somebody just to get into the auction . . . then there’s that little matter of COST. So let’s just say you and I aren’t in the running.

Still, it would be worth it just to be able to sit at a table with these two, stare Kate right in the eyes, and say, “Now you KNOW there was enough room on that raft for the two of you, right?”

]]>Luke Bryan Offered to Help an Upset Woman In the Crowd, But She Waved Him Awayhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/20/luke-bryan-offered-to-help-an-upset-woman-in-the-crowd-but-she-waved-him-away/
Thu, 20 Jul 2017 12:19:08 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17282LUKE BRYAN saw a woman in the crowd arguing with her boyfriend, so he walked over to help . . . but she wanted nothing to do with him and rudely waved him away. Twice. Every once in a while we’ll see a concert video...

]]>LUKE BRYAN saw a woman in the crowd arguing with her boyfriend, so he walked over to help . . . but she wanted nothing to do with him and rudely waved him away. Twice.

Every once in a while we’ll see a concert video where the performer sees some kind of chaos in the first couple of rows, so they walk over and try to make the peace. Well, this looked like it was going that way . . . until it didn’t.

Someone shot video at LUKE BRYAN’s recent show in New Jersey of a woman furiously arguing with some guy. They appear to be together. There’s no violence but she’s waving her arms, yelling nonstop, and is clearly upset.

Luke sees it, so he goes over and says something . . . clearly trying to help. But she wants NONE of it and rudely waves him off. Twice. She totally dismisses one of the biggest stars in country music so she can get back to arguing with her guy.

]]>A country duo goes off on Twitter against a so-called fanhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/19/a-country-duo-goes-off-on-twitter-against-a-so-called-fan/
Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:29:40 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17269Things got a little weird on Dan + Shay’s Twitter feed this week as they released their new single, “Road Trippin duo’s approach to releasing their new song, it seems. A guy named Adam, who says he’s supported Dan + Shay for a long time,...

]]>Things got a little weird on Dan + Shay’s Twitter feed this week as they released their new single, “Road Trippin duo’s approach to releasing their new song, it seems.

A guy named Adam, who says he’s supported Dan + Shay for a long time, tweeted to the guys about their new single, “Too bad there isn’t more hype — disappointing.” Adam says he has been to many of Dan + Shay’s shows, but he doesn’t think the team behind them is doing enough to promote their career.

]]>Kacey Musgraves Had Her Bachelorette Party at Dollywoodhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/18/kacey-musgraves-had-her-bachelorette-party-at-dollywood/
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 16:33:18 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17265KACEY MUSGRAVES had her bachelorette party over the weekend, and she did it southern style. She and her crew went to Dollywood. They also posted photos and videos . . . but from the looks of it, there was no debauchery. Sorry. They rode...

]]>KACEY MUSGRAVES had her bachelorette party over the weekend, and she did it southern style. She and her crew went to Dollywood. They also posted photos and videos . . . but from the looks of it, there was no debauchery. Sorry.

They rode the rollercoaster, wore fanny packs with their names on them . . . and she even got a T-shirt that said “Mrs. Kelly.” Her fiancé is singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly.

]]>Lady Antebellum Has Entered “Chapter Two” of Their Careerhttps://999konycountry.com/2017/07/17/lady-antebellum-has-entered-chapter-two-of-their-career/
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:55:33 +0000http://999konycountry.com/?p=17262LADY ANTEBELLUM must have some needy fans, because they’re still being asked to explain why they went on hiatus last year. It came up again when they were on “Good Morning America”. HILLARY SCOTT was nice enough to humor them. She said, quote, “We’d been going nonstop...

]]>LADY ANTEBELLUM must have some needy fans, because they’re still being asked to explain why they went on hiatus last year. It came up again when they were on “Good Morning America”. HILLARY SCOTT was nice enough to humor them.

She said, quote, “We’d been going nonstop for nine years, and we all have little ones at home and wanted to spend time with family and friends, so this was the plan all along.”

It worked because it inspired them to write 11 of the 13 songs on “Heart Break”.

She adds, quote, “We feel like this is the beginning of chapter two for us as a band.”